II4 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
could be made a little cheaper. C differs from B chiefly in hav- 
ing more hay and less stover. It is a considerably more expen- 
sive ration than B. | 
Daily Ration per tooo Pounds Live Weight Actually Fed to Herd 
No. 15, and Suggested Rations. 









| As FEp. SUGGESTED CHANGES. 
RATION No. I5. RS OPE AGEN ET 
A. Be C3 
Corn and cob meal, - - 5.8 pounds.| 2.0 pounds.| 5.0 pounds. 
Rye meal, - - - - |, 1.0 pounds. cae 2.0 pounds. 
Wheat bran, - - - | 0.9 pounds. | 3.0 pounds:| 3.0 (potnds. 
Oat feed, - 2 - - | 0.6 pounds. | 3.0 pounds. = 
O. P. linseed meal,_ - - | 0.6 pounds. |. 3.0 pounds.) 92,0. pounas: 
Gluten meal bran, - - — 1.0 pounds. = 
Malt sprouts, - - z eee — 4.0 pounds. 
Tay, = - - - - | 11.8 .pounds. | 6.0 pounds.| 2.0 pounds. 
Stover, - - - - 8.5 pounds. | 12.0 pounds. | 11.0 pounds. 
Digestible protein, - - 1.35 pounds. | 2.50 pounds. ; 2.50 pounds, 
Fuel value, - - - - | 30,900 calories.| 30,800 calories.| 31,400 calories. 
Nutritive ratio, I: - - t1.5 5.6 5.7 
Cost of ration, - . = 23 0 GEMtS, 23.2. cents; 22.8 cents. 

Ration No. 15 is the widest, that is, contains the least digest- 
ible protein in proportion to its other nutrients, of any of the 
rations examined. It has only 1.35 pounds of digestible protein, 
with a nutritive ratio of 1 to 11.3. It is not practicable to make | 
a well balanced ration out of the materials which were fed in this 
case; hence the grains fed in B and C differ in kind from those 
of A. It is to be observed that both B and C are well balanced 
rations furnishing 244 pounds of digestible protein, and have 
practically the same fuel values and costs as A. ‘This instance 
illustrates the fact that it costs no more to feed a well balanced 
than an illy balanced ration. There can be little doubt but that 
either B or C would give a great deal better returns than were 
obtained from A. 
Ration No. 16 (see next page) is also very wide. It contains 
only 1.45 pounds of digestible protein and less than 30,000 cal- 
ories of energy. ‘The addition of more grain, including linseed 
meal, makes a ration which is well balanced and at no more cost, 
as is shown by rations Band C._ It will be observed that while 
B and C contain about the same quantities of digestible protein 
and differ little in their fuel values, that the rations are quite 
different in their make-up. 

